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Introducing: Real Dictators, Idi Amin Part 1
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Length:
51 minutes
Released:
Nov 19, 2021
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Podcast episode
Description
From the creators of Real Pirates comes Real Dictators, the show that explores the hidden lives of history's tyrants. In this episode, we're in Uganda, unpicking the regime of President Idi Amin Dada. From 1971 to 1979, Amin devastated Uganda as the nation's military dictator. He sank the economy and deported an entire ethnic class. He slaughtered, by some estimates, up to half a million of his fellow citizens. All this while cultivating a persona of 'Big Daddy', the playful joker. Let's peel back the layers of the myth and explore the life of Africa's most infamous son.
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Released:
Nov 19, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
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